Hispanic is a culture not a race.. So how in the heck will the AZ law

[Peacetrain]

be operable? We all know that it is directed at Hispanic peoples. There is not an abundance of any other races than Caucasian (outside of Native American) in AZ.

So I am just totally baffled how they are going to identify people in the country illegally? By their speech pattern? maybe speaking Spanish?

Could anyone, I mean anyone have thought up a more ludicrous, out of touch with reality law?

Show me your papers? Are they seriously going to stop people and have them show papers? If I travel through AZ on vacation, will I have to carry my birth certificate with me?

[BlooInBloo]

1. Do you have brown skin? If so, expect to be stopped.

[Peacetrain]

2. Well I specially don't, but the others in my family run the color range.. including my son.

[Ozymanithrax]

3. Your not entirely correct...

The racial ire of Arizona and others of their ilk are vented on mestizo's, pepole of mixed European and American Indian Ancestry. They are not of the pure Western European descent and, therefore, are considered lesser creatures.

[Retrograde]

8. and more specifically, at people from Mexico and Central America

who in some cases might have been native-born Americans if some treaties in the 19th century went a little differently. The OP is correct - Hispanic covers a very wide range of racial types - but this law is specifically aimed at one segment of the Spanish-speaking world. I doubt Arizona will be stopping people from Spain or Argentina.

[stray cat]

4. Then why is it an option in census papers and minority grants

If I practice hispanic culture and I apply for miniority grants as a hispanic?

[damntexdem]

5. Brown skin, and different accent.

I wonder how many Native Americans will be harassed under the law.

[ieoeja]

6. There are a lot of Native Americans in Arizona in addition to Caucasians and Hispanics.

In an ironic twist.

And since there are a lot of Native Americans just across the border as well, will they try sorting Native Americans to find which Native Americans are not Natural Born Americans?

Mexicans settled Arizona centuries before the first Anglo-Americans got there. So going after Native Americans would make pretty well as much sense as going after Mexicans.

Ethnic cleansing is so complicated.


Let's see, my ex-stepson is 1/8th Natural Born Apache-American, 2/8th Apache-Mexican, 1/8th Hispanic-Mexican, 2/8th African-American and 2/8th Anglo-American. So his Apache ancestry alone is partially Natural Born while mostly immigrant (legal? I dunno).

I think I'll just smack him upside the head then give him a hug the next time I see him just to make sure I have all the bases covered.

[azmouse]

7. A policeman is not hiding behind every bush and sign.

With 6 million people living in AZ the police cannot possibly pull over everyone.
All you need is your driver's license for ID, same as any other area.

That being said, I don't think this law will ever take effect. The attention it is getting thankfully signals its death.